1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Office of Economic Development shall not approve any application for transferable tax credits submitted pursuant to NRS 360.759 if approval of the application would cause the total amount of transferable tax credits approved pursuant to NRS 360.759 for each fiscal year to exceed the sum of $10,000,000. Any portion of the $10,000,000 per fiscal year for which transferable tax credits have not previously been approved may be carried forward and made available for approval during the next or any future fiscal year.
2. The transferable tax credits issued to any production company for any qualified production pursuant to NRS 360.759:
(a) Must not exceed a total amount of $6,000,000; and
(b) Expire 4 years after the date on which the transferable tax credits are issued to the production company.
3. For the purposes of calculating qualified direct production expenditures:
(a) The compensation payable to all producers who are Nevada residents must not exceed 10 percent of the portion of the total budget of the qualified production that was expended in or attributable to any expenses incurred in this State.
(b) The compensation payable to all producers who are not Nevada residents must not exceed 5 percent of the portion of the total budget of the qualified production that was expended in or attributable to any expenses incurred in this State.
(c) The compensation payable to any employee, independent contractor or any other person paid a wage or salary as compensation for providing labor services on the production of the qualified production must not exceed $750,000.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 3095; A 2014, 28th Special Session, 23; 2015, 1106, 1109; 2017, 3107)